A scanning tunneling microscope for studying film growth processes
Abstract
The general design of a scanning tunneling microscope designed for use directly inside the vacuum chamber of an apparatus for the growth of film structures is briefly described. In particular, attention is given to the principal components of the microscope, the automatic control and data processing system, the mechanical properties of the microscope, and experimental results obtained for pyrolytic graphite surface and films of different materials. It is shown that the microscope described here has sufficiently high resolution and thermal stability.
- Publication:
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Pisma v Zhurnal Tekhnischeskoi Fiziki
- Pub Date:
- December 1988
- Bibcode:
- 1988PZhTF..14.2273B
- Keywords:
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- Microscopes;
- Scanning Tunneling Microscopy;
- Surface Roughness;
- Thin Films;
- Vacuum Deposition;
- High Resolution;
- High Vacuum;
- Piezoelectric Gages;
- Instrumentation and Photography